"Queen of Speed" Digital Painting

I was hired to update an existing pinup girl style illustration to accompany a piston logo. The client wanted a highly detailed, painterly, 40s-50s vintage girl for the logo, and I was very pleased with the results! The updated piston art and logotype was done by the art director who hired me. Blue pencil, Adobe photoshop. ©2015 John Ashton Golden.

Final "Queen of Speed" illustration in context of the logo. Piston art and logotype updated by the art director. ©2015-2021 John Ashton Golden.  
Final "Queen of Speed" digital painting. I gathered a variety of reference and also photographed a live model. Blue pencil, Adobe Photoshop. ©2015-2021 John Ashton Golden.  
Initial rough sketch in blue pencil that I scanned and began my digital painting in Photoshop from. I gathered a variety of reference and also photographed a live model. Blue pencil. ©2015-2021 John Ashton Golden.  
Gathered original reference montage. Live model not depicted for privacy. ©2015-2021 John Ashton Golden.  
Previous logo. As you can see, I had my work cut out for me! We dramatically improved this logo to the great satisfaction of the client. 
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